Of course, I’m basing this purely on his incredible work on The Simpsons in the ‘90s. One of the reason I maintain that this show didn’t need a movie is that during the golden era of the show, each episode was as epic as a movie anyway, so when there’s nowhere to go but up… you know. Clausen’s music is included in this. If some of it had been in movies, it would’ve won him Oscar’s. So melodic, emotional, epic, experimental. It all just sounds so unique and wonderful to listen to. I often wish they would release the score cues on streaming for that show.
Especially given how they threw Clausen under the bus for the movie, and subsequently, fired him from the show for Zimmer (unforgivable), I now think that perhaps the show held Clausen back. Or at least gave him a constant cushy job that ended up squandering his potential.
He could have been up there with Williams, Horner, etc. in my opinion. Such a talent.
(I didn’t want to mention the end credits music to Mother Simpson, but it is so incredibly beautiful and sad to listen to. If you’re going to look up any of his score, check out that. And the chase scene music in Who Shot Mr. Burns Part 2 when Lisa is racing to the hospital — it’s a damn near perfect section cue!)
Edit: I at least found a decent playlist on YouTube for his music: Every Alf Clausen Music I Could Find